Maggie De Block

Maggie De Block
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office 11 October 2014 – 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès
Preceded by	Laurette Onkelinx
Succeeded by	Frank Vandenbroucke
Minister of Justice
In office 25 July 2014 – 11 October 2014
Prime Minister	Elio Di Rupo
Preceded by	Annemie Turtelboom
Succeeded by	Koen Geens
State Secretary of Asylum, Migration, Social Integration, and Poverty Reduction
In office 6 December 2011 – 11 October 2014
Prime Minister	Elio Di Rupo
Preceded by	Melchior Wathelet (Asylum and Migration) Philippe Courard [fr] (Social Integration and Poverty Reduction)
Succeeded by	Theo Francken (Asylum, Migration, and Reduction of Administrative Burden) Elke Sleurs (Poverty Reduction, Fraud Combat, and Science Policy)
Minister of Asylum and Migration
In office 9 December 2018 – 1 October 2020
Prime Minister	Charles Michel Sophie Wilmès
Preceded by	Theo Francken (As State Secretary of Asylum, Migration, and Reduction of Administrative Burden)
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-28) 28 April 1962 (age 61) Merchtem, Belgium
Political party	Open VLD (2007–present) VLD (1999–2007)
Alma mater	Free University of Brussels, dutch

Maggie Celine Louise De Block ([ˈmɛɡi sɛˈlin luˈiz də ˈblɔk], born 28 April 1962) is a Belgian politician of the Open VLD^[1] who has been chairing her party's group in the Chamber of Representatives since 2020.^[2]

De Block served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health in the governments of Prime Ministers Charles Michel and Sophie Wilmès from 2014 until 2020.^[3] Following a reshuffle on 9 December 2018 to prevent the government's collapse, she additionally resumed responsibility for Asylum and Migration.^[4]